Rohan Kumar
208b0fe43e
Add info on non-browsers and TLS terminators
2022-03-16 17:09:21 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
cd124986ab
Add recommendations for narrow viewports
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These recommendations also included stuff for <figure> elements; in the
spirit of dogfooding, I used some <figure> elements where appropriate
elsewhere in the page.
2022-03-16 17:08:43 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4d8daf5aa5
Add nonbreaking spaces before version numbers
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"WCAG 2.2" shouldn't be broken up; a new line shouldn't start with
"2.2". "WCAG 2.2" should be treated as one word.
2022-03-16 17:00:43 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
66833dc93e
Improve narrow screen compat
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- Replace long <code> snippets
- Add some soft hyphens.
- Make one image of text look better on a narrow viewport.
2022-03-16 16:52:03 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
988d278b14
Formatting, info on contrast+halation, Tor notes
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- Describe how contrast overkill in dark mode can cause halation
- Add more info on compatibility with the Tor browser
- Mention the rationale for a custom image border color
- More accurately note how in addition to fontconfig mappings, I also
set my browser preferred font to "sans-serif".
- Clarify that underlines help identify both the beginnings and ends of
hyperlinks.
- Formatting/phrasing fixes, esp in Gemtext.
2022-03-16 16:49:03 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
5575e2149d
Clarify use of WCAG, update sample CSP
2022-03-16 16:42:31 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
12a6c098f7
Add a11y justifications with citations
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Cite the WCAG's supplementary techniques as justification for some
recommendations.
2022-03-16 16:40:04 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
857fc53679
Add info on TLS and a11y
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- Recommend reading the WCAG and supplementary information on WCAG
techniques
- Recommend against broken TLS ciphers.
2022-03-15 17:23:57 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
df51ccc57b
Add Bloopish, kaz.kz, SOLOFIELD. Minor rephrasings
2022-03-15 17:23:28 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
0aefb5d083
Add info on lazy-loading, rephrasings.
2022-03-14 13:50:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f93637455d
More info on biases and structured data
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- Expand "rationale" with info on bias
- "rationale" got bigger so I added sub-headings
- Move "rationale" section to the bottom since its increased size pushed
away the actual engines
2022-03-10 17:11:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
ac645a12a7
Add note on engine bias
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In response to the flood of traffic I got after DuckDuckGo's
announcement.
2022-03-10 15:29:00 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3e290a08db
Add GMX and Fireball
2022-03-07 22:44:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
86b4012ec0
Mention Brutalist Web Design
2022-03-04 13:55:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
760bec2959
Add Toutiao
2022-03-03 19:40:18 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
a6e3ee6e20
New Turkish engine
2022-03-01 20:25:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
65c8710b61
RIP Meorca, add info on 3p sources to Brave.
2022-03-01 14:42:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e0a42eeaf2
Add Keybot search engine
2022-03-01 11:48:32 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
028a720186
New engines: semantic scholar, SSEL
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Add Semantic Scholar and Secret Search Engine Labs.
2022-03-01 00:35:54 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e121529f5e
Mention the ask.com network
2022-02-28 13:42:15 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3c00cfd4e8
Internal: markdown extension for adding link attrs
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More concise than using <a> every time i need to add an attr to a link
2022-02-28 13:41:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
03e45ae848
Mention visited link color
2022-02-28 02:30:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3cf4bd7191
Elaborate on Mojeek and friendly exclusions.
2022-02-27 15:09:28 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
62b507b738
Remove bad use of <cite>
2022-02-27 11:29:25 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
14f2053fc1
Style: reduce horizontal scroll, element borders
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All pages should now look good on screens 230px wide (DPR=1), inc. most
feature-phones running e.g. KaiOS.
Add borders to images so they look distinct from the surrounding page.
2022-02-26 17:18:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4bc0d54ecb
Expand and re-locate "methodology" section
2022-02-26 17:15:14 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
eca3aa9fbb
Sitemap fixes
2022-02-26 01:55:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
892c27516a
Link to WCAG 2.2 instead of 2.0
2022-02-26 01:54:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
4ca5fed1e9
Better citations
2022-02-26 01:05:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5612220b77
Mention exclusions
2022-02-25 23:43:22 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d745d65152
New engine: Kagi Search
2022-02-25 20:01:50 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
1201c64d38
Re-vamp "non-generalist search" section.
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- Add a couple new engines to non-gen search
- Move search.tl to non-gen search
- Split non-gen search into subsections.
2022-02-25 19:49:11 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
29ae0f3115
Web practices: link underlines are good.
2022-02-24 23:00:49 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
f5101cbc69
Linkify some text for further info
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- Add link to tweet stating that Bedrock Edition removed debug symbols
- Add link to sandbox-app-launcher
2022-02-24 21:53:37 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
6e855bb193
Moar linked/structured data
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- Add copyrightOwner microdata
- Add person/h-card markup for some more people
2022-02-24 17:55:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
97d640a514
First-party link to Black Hat presentation
2022-02-22 22:37:53 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c203c7f099
Remove avatars from body text
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I decided I don't like them
2022-02-22 22:17:13 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b66a782aa1
Support indieweb avatars
2022-02-22 21:48:10 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e1484ecb78
Update Neeva info to reflect free tier
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Thanks Akumei!
2022-02-22 18:24:36 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
8e16576d2a
Rephrase
2022-02-22 12:54:10 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0828a82f8a
Add some counter-args from Patience and ddevault
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thanks y'all
2022-02-22 12:49:51 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
24e21342f4
Mention source dececptiveness
2022-02-22 11:32:46 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
779cccc3a3
New Gemini search engine: AuraGem
2022-02-20 23:59:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c399e82858
Mention OneSearch, a Yahoo+Bing-based engine
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Since it got added to some Searx instances I figured I should mention
it.
2022-02-21 00:00:29 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d323b3a298
New upcoming search engine: Ahrefs
2022-02-20 15:58:45 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
c03af0eacc
Use new "indieweb-person" shortcode
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This should reduce a lot of repetition. Supports first/last names,
nicknames, generic names that don't conform to first/last norms, and
has basic support for affiliated organizations.
Also snuck in more info on website colors to the web best practices
article, inc. a link to Chris' Wiki.
2022-02-19 12:48:53 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e9ace710eb
New search engine: Siik
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How do I keep stumbling across these? I've run into a bunch lately by
sheer coincidence.
2022-02-16 21:17:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
48103805a5
Update Infotiger info
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Infotiger has changed a lot in the past months, and my description of
the engine was quite outdated.
2022-02-15 11:21:35 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
cdecf4be9a
Strip useless <nav>.
2022-02-15 11:13:09 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d8cb28d1db
Use navlinks to navigate previous posts in series
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This requires making <nav> *not* display inline except for the
unstyled-list navlinks. This should also do a better job at appeasing
reader modes.
For the same reason, also make one link a citation
2022-02-14 17:24:40 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
be9bcd000d
Use <var> elements instead of <code> for variables
2022-02-13 16:07:28 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5734bc49c4
New engine: Entfer
2022-02-13 16:07:16 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
589544cd6c
Fix: unique html ID
2022-02-11 16:11:58 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
935b55f10f
New engine: Alexandria.org
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Gowiki is down, move it to the graveyard
Add Alexandria in its place.
2022-02-11 16:07:15 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5ba82ea53d
Put <dfn> in own paragraph
2022-02-11 14:53:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
21c623d62b
Search engines: add Artado Search
2022-02-08 22:39:09 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
65ad38d559
Fix broken links/anchors
2022-02-07 21:26:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
87f82b70e3
New engine: sengine.info
2022-02-07 20:31:57 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
df6bb716ec
Forgot to delete a dupe paragraph
2022-02-07 17:50:16 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
616d91e0a8
Clarify the tradeoffs of closed-source
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- Explain how FLOSS can allow transparency into the development
processes
- Give examples of proprietary software that's more secure
- Make the conclusion just a little more detailed.
2022-02-07 17:23:02 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
de4a742620
Use <dfn> elements
2022-02-06 22:24:11 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b0280c058c
Link to SRE frameworks, minor rephrasings
2022-02-06 22:23:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
106b81c428
New search engine: search.marginalia.nu
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Thanks Cadence.
2022-02-05 18:08:45 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2e4e174f0f
Make links to previous posts more prominent
2022-02-04 14:24:23 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e027d82b52
Add more info about fuzzing
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- Add counter-arg about how source improves fuzzing
- Add quote from Daniel Stenberg about fuzzing cURL.
2022-02-04 13:01:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
42c87d6970
Add a summarizing statement to conclusion
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Explicity state that security is determined through study, regardless of
source model.
Also fix some whitespace.
2022-02-04 11:16:05 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
77d003a640
Incorporate feedback: ME obfusc., static analysis
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Thanks to zdctg on the #security IRC channel at libera.chat, and to
X_Cli on lemmy.ml
2022-02-04 00:36:38 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
10b582e57b
Update information about Qwant
2022-02-03 22:46:56 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
13ffd6209c
Expand acronym
2022-02-03 22:33:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
65ef073088
Link to oss-security thread on CVE-2022-0185
2022-02-03 22:29:46 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
bbfcef2370
More minor rephrasings
2022-02-03 19:23:12 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
eb6d909539
Minor wording fixes
2022-02-03 18:31:13 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
646b123f57
Fix bad link
2022-02-03 15:21:52 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
6ade75e4cd
New post: FLOSS doesn't imply security
2022-02-03 15:21:42 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
17c3fb568d
Add translation of whatsapp article
2021-12-13 15:26:03 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
385a18bbd9
Link to MOAC in blog post
2021-12-01 22:01:21 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
822cc31d5c
Mention ExactSeek sibling engines
2021-10-21 18:23:41 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d6b40e2f21
Search engines: remove dupe entry
2021-10-14 12:29:42 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
fb4b3f165b
Search engines: mention Kagi, rm dead link
2021-10-14 12:25:27 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
37d7f6adba
Petal uses 3p indexes in certain jurisdictions
2021-10-03 18:56:23 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
69aef63c86
Update whatsapp article with follow-up link @top
2021-10-03 13:38:07 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
77a74d73bf
Search engines: add semi-independent engine Neeva
2021-08-30 15:43:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
0d2d25b124
Fix: use HTTPS links where possible
2021-08-16 17:48:36 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4779f2fa60
Update search engines
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- Remove goo.ne.jp since it uses Google
- Create "Graveyard" section and move wbsrch to it 🪦
- Restore link to Crawlson since it's back up
2021-08-09 09:27:26 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
2d908e688d
Clarify attributions
2021-08-05 00:47:11 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
1e313cfdc9
Add footer heading
2021-08-05 00:42:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f6413346af
Web best practices: add "security" section
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Add information on restricting site functionality.
Add some details on accomodating Tor users.
2021-07-31 17:36:18 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
02dc7822ec
Web best practices: dark themes: Mention OLEDs
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OLED displays use less energy when displaying darker colors.
2021-07-06 09:21:47 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7ccf84f031
Web best practices: async decode + fingerprinting
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- Mention image async decoding
- Describe how width-selector use can enable JS-free viewport
fingerprinting
2021-07-02 20:37:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
322e7ef575
Search engines: remove dead link to burf.co
2021-06-28 14:52:55 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
3ee9f1b90d
Add note about Epic Search going paid-only
2021-06-28 10:41:54 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
da87f981a2
Web best practices: link to two other places
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Link to the XHTML Club and an article by Bill Dietrich.
2021-06-27 17:37:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
aae653056d
Web best practices: link to ECT
2021-06-27 17:02:45 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
5511b354c4
Web best practices: mention Tor users
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Simple sites should work well with the Tor Browser.
2021-06-27 15:26:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
4effcd52da
Formatting
2021-06-22 22:37:06 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
ddeeb36248
Correct error about Brave
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New info from Solso on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27596830
2021-06-22 22:31:48 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
140ea2d319
Add Brave, fix dated info, DDG misconceptions
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- New category: "semi-independent indexes". Contains Brave and Plumb.
- Mention that Quor is down
- Fix outdated statement on Plumb's hCaptcha
- Clarify some misconceptions about DDG
2021-06-22 10:22:00 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
e660a132c2
New engine (Goo) + more engine info
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Thanks N. A. Ferrell for feedback!
2021-06-17 20:17:48 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
99e402f133
Clean up some relative urls again
2021-06-16 12:18:01 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
204600fae3
Fix relative URLs
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- No relative URLs in the RSS feed except plain anchor links
- Eliminate the need for excessive "../" in URLs.
2021-06-14 15:31:08 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
8607612e0a
Add recommendations for dark themes
2021-06-13 18:28:15 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
155d4f7b91
Update FLoC article to reflect changed stance
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Turns out there's a valid reason to use FLoC.
2021-06-11 15:08:29 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
02b2345e83
Update search engines
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- Add ChatNoir, Ninfex
- Mark Runnaroo as discontinued
2021-05-29 15:57:12 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
3cb61af6e7
New search engine: "Infotiger"
2021-05-12 11:27:06 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
0d3b978676
Add sentence summarizing privacy impl. of opt-out
2021-04-28 10:34:14 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
04316a1266
New engine: Burf.co
2021-04-23 02:51:49 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d01bcc1971
Clarification on exclusion from cohort calculation
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Being excluded from cohort calculation doesn't necessarily make users
less unique.
2021-04-17 13:20:31 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
2ae6abbd82
Make the post a bit less finger-pointy
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- Mention another time that it's in response to online
discussions/comments, not the authors of certain blog posts
- Clarify that there's nothing wrong with adding this header to your
site if you manage your expectations and DON'T accuse others of
complicity or change upstream software
2021-04-17 11:28:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
dba315efce
Add segment about Do Not Track
2021-04-16 22:31:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
28f70689a4
Remove superfluous sentence
2021-04-16 21:25:30 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d868be3da0
Clarify source of misinfo
2021-04-16 21:24:24 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
32181efa19
Clarify what opting out actually entails
2021-04-16 20:51:38 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7429b31fec
Add gemtext version of FLoC article
2021-04-16 20:34:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
1e7f1260d7
Add footnotes with clarifications
2021-04-16 18:50:34 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
30bf11b8ba
Typo: s/server/software/
2021-04-16 18:30:46 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
fb03d7ba4c
New post: Permissions Policy and FLoC misinfo
2021-04-16 18:06:22 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a729dc565c
New engine: Kozmonavt
2021-04-14 12:31:45 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
d6bfdbd388
New engine: go.mail.ru
2021-03-31 13:21:38 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
68dc2da442
New search engine: Yioop
2021-03-29 23:08:28 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
7c39739ed9
Add some info about Plumb
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I contacted Adam from Plumb for more info and updated the section on
Plumb search.
2021-03-20 23:09:14 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
864292c7e4
Add "Rationale" and info from Matt
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Matt from Gigablast answered some of my questions; I updated the article
with information from him. Some of that information found its way to the
"Rationale" section.
2021-03-20 13:28:59 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a65526b887
Add more details about some search engines
2021-03-19 23:25:52 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f83a996318
Add info on relationship between Plumb and Gibiru
2021-03-19 19:10:27 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f08de57e81
Reword
2021-03-19 17:00:27 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
e9fc43a4ee
New search engine: Plumb
2021-03-19 16:48:23 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
a81e185b7d
CI/Makefile: reduce zopfli compression even more
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70 iterations seems to be the point at which we hit diminishing returns.
The combined size difference of all *.gz files with 70 iterations and
1000 iterations is 65 bytes.
2021-03-17 15:06:08 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
b5e8d35373
Clarify alternatives that support limiting by TLD
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In the info for search.tl, clarify that its single-TLD search isn't a
unique feature; Google and Bing support a search operator to achieve the
same result.
2021-03-17 14:35:13 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
f40862bc89
Add two search engines, minor fixes
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- Two new engines: search.tl and Anoox
- Replace some HTTP with HTTPS
- Add an <abbr> tag
- Spelling/capitalization
2021-03-17 13:38:00 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
bd6d3732a2
New engine: Meorca
2021-03-16 11:15:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
58b64c9a95
Mention ELinks, Netrik
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They're not very actively maintained, but they're still good for
testing.
2021-03-15 11:19:50 -07:00
Rohan Kumar
b796592848
Typo: s/Runaroo/Runnaroo/g
2021-03-13 21:23:29 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
21f6c0c02a
Add info about wbsrch's per-lang indexes
2021-03-13 13:47:01 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
ab92d8ded6
Add Search My Site
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Reader-contributed. Thanks for the suggestion!
2021-03-12 13:07:17 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
b93b8ac9c2
Clarify an initialism with <abbr>
2021-03-11 14:46:34 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
15d84dff38
Add missing heading to gemtext
2021-03-11 14:46:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5d425f58ac
Add search engines for the Gemini Space
2021-03-10 18:38:56 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
d75c2877f5
Mention that Gowiki is only available in the US
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Thanks @zudn@theres.life
2021-03-10 15:25:36 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
9d75a5d681
Add mising description
2021-03-10 14:00:08 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
83e6689b83
New article: search engines with their own indexes
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Squashed commit of the following:
commit f04ef91062db25b73460de8c4f1f28
2021-03-10 13:48:19 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
5ea5ee72cb
Update some article tags
2021-03-10 12:51:44 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
0915928e21
Clarify why web components made Pale Moon migrate
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Clarify that WC aren't (strictly speaking) problematic; they're just too
complex for them to implement.
2021-03-02 23:19:42 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2a87923bcc
Update FLOSS-related terminology
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New terminology (with a footnote for more background) reduces confusion
and clarifies the difference between different viewpoints in this space.
Thanks to RMS for providing feedback.
2021-03-02 23:04:04 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
2030e221d7
Add more details about image compression
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- Include a sample command
- Describe my approach to deciding on the level of compression/cropping
2021-02-28 13:33:24 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
7efe60a6bc
Stylistic fixes (minor)
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Nothing new, just re-phrasing and capitalization.
2021-02-28 12:52:48 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
fe12f0dc32
Add link to avifenc
2021-02-28 12:40:26 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
13db509ea3
Add idea for website testing: site translation
2021-02-28 12:34:59 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
07e19edbaf
Incorporate feedback from TWIM discussion
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This article received some good feedback from #twim:matrix.org in
Matrix. Some clarifications I made:
- @cos:hacklab.fi mentioned that Element/Synapse are open-source; I
opened the article by mentioning that FOSS alone isn't enough and
added a note on their complexity to the matrix/element case-study
- @sorunome:sorunome.de mentioned that there is no "reference
implementation" of Matrix; I rephrased a sentence to state that
Element "practically serves as the reference client implementation".
- Clarify that Element builds "most of" the spec instead of being in
charge of it; the Spec Core Team (SCT) is a different entity but is
made mostly of Element employees.
- Changed leaving implementations out of decisions to leaving
implementation feasibility out of decisions.
2021-02-26 12:54:56 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
3f31e90605
Link to follow-up post
2021-02-25 14:36:29 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
7077b37976
Small elaboration on Moxie's post + style fixes
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- Give a sentence its own paragraph since it had a different topic from
the rest of the paragraph
- s/really much/much/
- Add a little to describe Moxie's viewpoint, following some feedback I
got on IRC and Lobsters.
2021-02-24 12:32:42 -08:00
Rohan Kumar
e97107e852
Link to primary instead of secondary source
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Thanks shivaram for the feedback
2021-02-23 22:07:48 -08:00
